Jul 11, 2008 03:29 PM
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LOOKS & DESIGN: the phone is heavy but very sleek & compact against the lunchbox N
series the phone has just a D pad no soft keys, with usual red & green keys, a WAP key & a shortcut key that can be personalized for any program in the menu
the back has a scratch free matt finish, with a 2 megapixel camera & a
small speaker, a manual key for selecting the camera focus, but no flash
the screen is 2.4 inches & the front has a very glossy finish, highly
scratch prone, cold lamination compulsory
on the left side r volume keys, an SD card slot, allowing a normal SD, micro
SD or mini SD cards, however the cover of the slot dont close tightly &
dropping the phone often flips out the memory card
below it are the music keys for forward, reverse & pause/play which are
neither embossed nor backlit & r difficult 2 operate without seeing them
on the right side is the camera key & a keypad lock key, which locks the
screen & the Dpad, preventing cheek interface, however it feels flimsy so
need to take it easy with it
neatly but tightly, requires effort, the back cover opens smoothly with a button
INTERFACE & SOWFTWARE:
This phone is a proper pocket PC with a LINUX OS. it behaves like a proper
PDA or pocket PC, with a task manager & has an intel processor
the best thing about the Linux OS is being fast & doesnt hang, yes it
does hangs sometimes, but if u take it easy it never gets stuck like nokia, of
course it does gets stuck by vigourous clicking but pressing the red
button on the Dpad it simply restarts.
as compared to the Symbian software used in nokias, LINUX is virtually virus
proof & doesnt get corrupted like the purely java based softwares of
samsung, sony & LG
LINUX also supports java applicans that r freely available on net, lm using a
4GB memory card without any software crack, the card has just 300 mb free space
but still it didnt go slow
u can easily download games but since there r no buttons it gets tricky if u
choose for options like pause or change settings u cant exit them because of
the lack of soft keys. design element going too far
by setting up the screen font to max u can do most things without the
stylus(& it doesnt look bad)but the on screen qwerty keyboard has very
small buttons which force u2 use stylus during sms which is annoying
i lost my stylus twice & the original costs 350 rs, the phonebook memory
& sms memory r shared in the memory card, hence unlimited
the sms has a recycle bin folder, u can create ur own sms folders with
passwords
however file manager don come with recycle bin,
i have downloaded a software putting up passwords in folders
thankfully while entering or searching names in phonebook, the qwerty board
gets only alphabets which've large fingers friendly icons
the screen of the phone has 4 icons on top-program menu, contacts, sms &
calls
below it is the status bar surprisingly it doesnt show the roaming stats
at the bottom r 3fixed icons, of sound settings, music player & video
camera, & 2 personalized icons
the music player is real player which is slow takes time to change tracks,
but supports most audio formats including mp4, wma & rm
the video playback is fantastic & videos with very poor frame speeds play
well, it plays 3gp, m4a & real video formats, its has full functions of
playlists & media info
it also has FM radio, u can store upto 30st8ns & is louder than the music
player.
u can record calls, but sadly not the radio
besides regular features it has picsel viewer, for viewing MS office,
acrobat reader files,
notepad, business card scanner which works well,
the picture editor of this phone is worth mentioning better than the paintbrush,
Stylus makes it easy2use, nearly as good as adobe photoshop
the bluetooth supports the headsets with A2DP profile & makes a list of
last 15 devices. u can print pics & text docs directly to a printer via
bluetooth
it also has a task manager which can be used to close & switch between
programs, by pressing the red button the programs get minimised & are not
closed as in most phones
so if being fiddled by some1who clicks on too many programs it doesnt get
hang like nokias. the task manager gives a warning of the phones memory going
almost full
the USB mode has three different options viz. mass storage(by default),
modem & webcam, it can be directly used like a pen drive
the sound clarity from the earpiece during calls is just about enough, but
its very loud in handsfree, surprisingly u CANT adjust the in call volume,
however the voice clarity on the other side is amazing, landline like as my mom
says
using GPRS is easy, with the OPERAbrowser.
as in most MOTOS this phone also came with preloaded wap profiles & being a
popular phone outside india, findin web support & software compatibility is
easy
u can zoom in the text, search a word & open max of 5 different
windows, with only the browser runing the phone doesnt heat up.
holding the stylus at 1 pt for 5 secs acts like right click & u can save
pics, but cant select & copy paste the text from sites, which is a shortcoming
of OPERA browser & not the phone
MOTO hasnt included EDGE & quad band in this phone, but a software crack
called RADIO COMM has enabled EDGE & quad band
GENERAL FEATURES:
the battery back up is good, cuz touchscreen drains lots of battery,
music playback FM & player for approx 8 hrs, with frequesnt calls
GPRS drains battery pretty quick, 4 hrs approx after a complete charge
as with all moto phones the battery takes hours to charge
one irritating ascpect is that the setting 4 alarm is in the sound profiles, so
in silent mode the alarm also goes silent
the camera has good resolution & is very quick but it needs a firm hand
video recording is also good & despite having no flash the picture clarity
is good in dim lights
the internal memorey is just 8 mb but 1gb card comes bundled along(it
unofficialy supports 4gb)
sound clarity is better than nokia express music but below sony W series. on
the contrary a good pair of headphones can get some amazing results
because being a proper pocket PC the user interface may seem complicated
its not a simple phone & requires a tech headed person 2 operate
